Convergence in suicide rates in FSU countries: a clustering approach

Antonio Andres and Voxi Heinrich Amavilah

Applied Economics Letters, 2023, vol. 30, issue 9, 1183-1188

Abstract: This paper aims at identifying convergence clubs in suicide rates for a sample of 20 of FSU countries during the 1994–2016 period. A novel machine learning approach revels that while the null hypothesis of overall convergence has been rejected at the 5% significance level, there are four convergence clubs in the region. Within these clubs, different countries are on different transition paths and speeds of convergence, suggesting different policy interventions.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2022.2041167

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